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When I got the mangoes earlier in the week for the
jerked pork wraps with mango and banana salsa
I could not resist getting a full case. Even with snacking on them during the week I still had a lot left over and the first thing that came to mind as to how to use them was a jam. I remembered that when I made the
mango and cardamom jam
I was thinking that the flecks of cardamom looked like flecks of vanilla beans. A mango and vanilla jam also sounded really good and I had wanted to try making some. I used pretty much used the same recipe and replaced the cardamom with the seeds from a vanilla bean. I wanted this mango jam to be much chunkier so I cut the mango pieces bigger and did not mash them up. The mango and vanilla flavour combo turned out to be a great one! For some reason the vanilla seems to make this mango jam seem even sweeter. So far I have been enjoying the mango and vanilla jam on toast and it also goes really well on some plain yogurt for breakfast.

Mango and Vanilla Jam

ingredients

4 cups mango (stoned, peeled, chopped)

1 box pectin crystals

5 1/2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 vanilla bean (seeds)

directions

Bring the mangoes and pectin crystals to a boil with high heat in a large pot.

Add the sugar, lemon juice and vanilla and bring to a hard boil for 1 minute.

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comments:

I've come to learn over the last couple of years that I'm a jamming enthusiast - who knew? I love this combination of mango and vanilla. I just bought some jars (because I can't help myself!) so I best make a batch!

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